Suspender-fastener.



P. W. GOOLEY. SUSPBNDBR PASTENBR, APPLUATION FILED DEO. 15, 1911.

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FRED W. COOLEY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

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To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED W. CooLnY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSuspender- Fasteners; and l do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved form of suspenderfastener for use in connection with Suspenders that are worn under ashirt and connected to straps or legs of the suspender to the trouserband, which latter is, of course, located outside of the shirt..

To such ends, generally stated, the invention consists of the noveldevices and combinations of devices illustrated, described and definedin the claims.

Hitherto, Suspenders of special form have been provided with meanswhereby the straps or legs may be secured to buttons on trouser bands,either through openings in the shirt or by folding of the shirt over thebutton; but in all of these prior arrangements, whenever the suspenderstraps are disconnected from the trouser band, they become loose inrespect to the shirt, and as the fasteners are located inside of theshirt, they cannot be easily replaced in working posit-ion.

My invention provides a fastener which is applicable at the exterior ofthe shirt, which is adapted to be coupled to the suspender strap, whichhas a part exposed to the exterior of the shirt for direct applicationto a cooperating part on the trouser band, and which, when disconnectedfrom the trouser band, will hold the suspender strap secured andpositioned in respect to the shirt.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like characters indicate like partsthroughout the several views, several forms of the improved suspenderfastener are illustrated.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a view in elevation and with someparts broken away showing the improved suspender fastener applied to asuspender' strap and to a shirt; Fig. 2 is an elevat-ion showing al hookwhich is used as a substitute for a button on the inner band of thetrousers,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Uct. 15,1912.

Application filed December 15, 1911. Serial No. 665,891.

some parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line v3m3 on Fig. 2; Fig. t is a vertical section taken approximately on theline wt on Fig. l; Fig. 5 is a view corresponding in the line of itssection to Fig. 4C, but showing the device connected to the hook on thetrouser band; Fig. 6 is a detail view corresponding to Fig. 4 in theline of its section but with the shirt removed; Fig. 7 is a detail viewof the preferred forni of the fastener shown in Figs. l to 6 inclusive;and Figs. 8 and 9 are detail views in perspective showing modified formsof the fastener.

Referring iirst to Figs. l to 7 inclusive, the numeral l indicates atrouser band having preferably secured thereto in lieu of the usualbuttons, metallic hooks, one of which is shown in the drawings and whichis made from a single piece of wire 2, bent to form a down-turned hook2a and eyes 2b, the saine being secured to the trouser band by stitches3.

The numeral 5 indicates one of the straps or legs of a suspender whichis adapted to be worn inside of the shirt. This strap 5 is formed at thelower end portion with a loop 6 within which is a metallic expander 7which forms an enlarged and rigid head at the lower end of the saidstrap. At the portion marked 5a, the said strap 5 is more flexible thanat any other point, for the purpose which will presently appear.

The fastener shown in Figs. l, 4, 5, 6 and 7 is formed from a singlepiece of stiff wire' bent to form loops 8 and 9, located in planesapproximately at right angles to each other. riihe loop 9 is elongatedtransversely of the fastening device and at one extremity has an openentrance passage 10 that adapts it to be forced onto the suspender strap5 by transversely buckling the parts 5a thereof and slipping the latteredgewise into the said loop 9 through the said entrance passage 10. rEhefastener is located entirely at the exterior of the shirt and when it isforced onto the strap 5, as just stated, it will fold the adjacent looseportion of the shirt around the said strap; and then when said fasteneris drawn down on the strap and against the expanded head of the lowerend thereof, it will be securely anchored to the said strap and willsecurely hold the said strap secured to the shirt at the proper point.Also, the loop 8 of the fastener will be exposed at the exterior of theshirt where it may be easily coupled to the hook 2a on the trousersband. It may, as is also evident, be easily disconnected from the saidhook. It is here highly important to note that the disconnection of thesaid fastener does not change the adjustment of the fastener in respectto the shirt, however, the adjustment of the fastener and of thesuspender strap, in respect to the shirt may be easily adjusted orreadjusted at will, simply by forcing the said fastener slightly upwardon the said strap so as to loosen up the shirt and permits the shirt tobe drawn upward or downward, as desired. The highly important feature isthat the fastener holds the suspender strap to the shirt whendisconnected from the trousers and has a part exposed at the ex teriorof the shirt for engagement with the cooperating hook, button, or otherdevice on the trouser band. There is no movement of the fastener inrespect to the suspender strap when in use, and hence, there is prac*tically no wear on the shirt at the point of application, and themovement and wear takes place between the loops 8 and the loop 2a whichparts are of metal and are adapted to withstand the wear incident tomovements of the body of the wearer.

The fastener shown in Fig. 8 is much like that illustrated in Fig. 7 butthe loop 9, instead of having its entrance passage adjacent to the sameside of the device, is provided with a centrally located entrancepassage 10a.

'Ihe fastener shown in Fig. 9 is even more like the fastener shown inFig. 7 than that shown in Fig. 8, but its entrance passage 10b islocated at the extreme end of the loop 9.

'Ihe fastener described has been put into actual use and has been foundefficient for the purpose had in view.

What I claim is:

1. The' combination with a suspender strap terminating in an expandedextremity, of a fastener coupled to said strap having a limited downwardmovement on the expanded end of said strap, and adapted to clamp theretoa loose portion of a shirt folded around said strap, and which fastenerwhen pressed downward on said strap to its limit, tightly grips theengaged portion of said shirt, but which fastener, when slightly raisedor loosened on said strap permits the shirt to be moved or adjustedthrough said fastener while said strap, shirt and fastener are heldtogether and in cooperative relation.

2. The combination with a suspender strap having an expanded end, of asuspender fastener having two loops rigidly connected at an angle toeach other, one of said loops being engageable with a coperatingfastening device on a trouser band, and the other loop having anentrance passage adapting it to be coupled to said suspender strap end,and to secure thereto a portion of a shirt folded around the said strap,substantially as described. Y Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED W. COOLEY.

Witnesses: Y

BERNIGE G. WHEELER, HARRY D. KILeoRE.

Copies of this patent may 'be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 1). C.

